PRETTY PEOPLE s/t 1969 RARE HARMONY POP SUNSHINE POP PSYCH LP Crestview LISTEN

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THE PRETTY PEOPLE "THE PRETTY PEOPLE" LP

ORIGINAL 1969 LP ON THE US Crestview label, STEREO CRS 3056

COVER IN VG+ shape, some discoloration on back

VINYL plays VG+, scattered pops, lower budget label

One of the rarest harmony sunshine pop psych albums ever.  Seriously.  Just try and find one.  They hardly ever show up.  But there might be a good reason.  The Pretty People’s line-up shows a total of seven people in the band.  Plus a back-up band of six more.  So if everyone in the band took home, say, five or six copies to give out to family members and friends, or just stick in the garage for posterity, well, that’s probably more copies than they sold in the first place.  So if you happen to know a guy around town named Milo Peerpoint, or Manzo Hill, or, my favorite, a starry-eyed lady named Lynseed Lavender (who probably owns the candle shop you went to last weekend), then you’d better start asking them for a copy.  Or bid on this one, which would be my personal completely self-aggrandizing suggestion.  It’s all wonderful, silky smooth co-ed harmony pop goodness, light and breezy with an air of swinging, jazzy, supper club cool about it.  And the songs are all band originals too.  Which is a huge plus when it comes to stuff like this, because, let’s face it, how many sunshine pop renditions of “Spooky” do you really need?  The ones that reward the most, namely “Goin’ To San Diego” and “Relax And Spend The Night,” offer tasty minor key dips and sways, which give an ever-so-subtle psych sprinkle to their cotton candy soft pop.  No doubt that was the influence of Miss Lynseed Lavender, whose brownies and joss sticks kept the recording sessions going.  She probably had something to do with the trippy purple and green cover shot too.  Lynseed, wherever you are, if you’ve got a stash of Pretty People albums in the back of your candle shop, dig ‘em out and spread the joy.  Us ugly people need to hear more.

HEAR IT!

PLEASE NOTE I NO LONGER SHIP TO ITALY DUE TO A CORRUPT POSTAL SYSTEM (THERE, NOT HERE).  BUYERS FROM ITALY AGREE TO PAY FOR GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL INSURED ONLY!

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Media mail shipping with delivery confirmation starts at $4.00 in the US, with each additional record only $1 additional shipping.  Overseas shipping has, unfortunately, gone way up in the fast few months, which translates to $15 for the first LP to Canada ($3 each one thereafter) and $24 for the first LP everywhere else in the world, with each add'l LP an extra $5 (so it pays to buy more, nudge nudge wink wink).   I accept payments through Paypal. 

I try to grade as best as I can, and I list as many blemishes/imperfections I can find (writing, ringwear, scuff marks, etc.) – Also, please note that I DO listen to these albums – I may not listen to every track, but my grades are based on LISTENING, not just looking at it, since chances are you’ll be listening to the record you buy, not just looking at it.  Most of the albums I sell are the ones I’ve enjoyed for years – and I treat my records with kid gloves.  But sounds speak louder than words, so check out the sound clips below – they’re from the actual record you’re bidding on. 

SHIPPING AND PACKAGING

Listen, I buy a bunch of records too (when I’m not getting outbid at the last second, which is more often than not) – and I know what it’s like to get a rare, one-of-a-kind album packaged dangerously in a flimsy bubblewrap package.  I hate that too.  So rest assured, I ALWAYS package albums with stiff cardboard reinforcements, same for 45s.  And yes, the records are removed from the sleeves (for albums).  I ship out once a week, every Friday, because I have a regular day job.  But I’d be willing to give that up if you’d all be so kind as to bid my items up to stupidly high amounts. 

 For more security and international tracking, you may request GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL - but bear in mind the cost of this service is upwards of $30.  For expensive items, however, it may be well worth it.  Unfortunately, there isn’t a cost-effective way of tracking parcels to foreign countries yet, and shipping times vary depending on your country’s postal system.   Italy in particular seems to be really bad at delivering packages quickly, or delivering packages at all, now that you mention it.  I will always email you when your package ships, but once it’s on its way, please don’t ask me when it will arrive because I don’t know.  If the world’s postal systems can ever agree on a universal tracking system that’s affordable, I’ll be the first to use it.

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…

I will always leave positive feedback for successful transactions, and would appreciate the same in return.  All I ask of you is the following – please pay for your items within 14 days of the close of auction.  Compared to other sellers, that’s a generous amount of time, so if you don’t pay within 2 weeks, then I have to assume something’s wrong.  You’ll get an Ebay payment reminder at that point, and possibly a decapitated horse head in your bed.  If, after 30 days, you still haven’t forked up the cash, I’ll relist the item and yell at you if I ever see you in town.